HC Deb 24 February 1997 vol 291 c12W
Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the progress of his Department's pilot waste audit. [16426]

Mr. Streeter

The only waste pilot scheme currently in progress within my Department is being conducted by the Court Service. I have asked Michael Huebner, the chief Executive of the Court Service, to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Michael Huebner to Mr. Martyn Jones, dated 24 February 1997: The Parliamentary Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department has asked me to reply to your Question about the progress of the Court Service's pilot waste audit. The Court Service commenced a waste audit at a major Crown Court centre at the end of last year. Preliminary investigations have been undertaken into waste streams and amounts of paper (and other items) currently recycled and reused. Further investigations into how best to minimise waste at source, and therefore the impact of waste disposal on the environment, are continuing.